Etymologies

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Examples

At an appropriate moment, a random quoter might assume a wise expression, raise a finger in the air and spout memorable lines from Great Poems or historic orations for the edification of those within earshot.

In his opposition to civil rights legislation, he might be called the original “tenther” -- that is, a serial quoter of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which reserves for the states all powers not expressly granted to the Federal government, with which he justified hamstringing all efforts by Washington to rectify social or economic injustice.

What always happens in this situation is a scenario like this - someone wrote the article, a detractor picked up on it at the time remember this is 40 years ago, 20 or 30 others picked up on it in the original, the article was pulled or archived, everyone else for the next 40 years quotes a quoter.